Cozy Cavatappi Pasta

When the weather begins to turn cold, snuggle up with this cozy stovetop cavatappi pasta.

It’s that time of year again! The beloved Milk Calendar is back with 19 new nutritious and easy-to-make recipes for 2018. The Milk Calendar is such a familiar institution that Canadians just love and look forward to year after year. It’s such a great kitchen calendar that provides not only an excellent tool for families to keep track of activities, anniversaries and important milestones, but also provides easy, nutritious and mouth-watering recipes.

The Milk Calendar, brought to Canadians by Dairy Farmers of Canada, is a time-honoured tradition and the 41st Edition has already been distributed to over 2 million Canadian households in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. This year’s Milk Calendar celebrates local, sustainable, handcrafted foods and is full of delicious recipes featuring the goodness of 100% Canadian milk, along with food pairings, and entertaining tips and tricks.

The 2018 recipes were developed by accomplished food writer and recipe developer Heather Trim, and offers Canadians fresh flavours using dairy products as an important part of a well-balanced and healthy lifestyle.

I grew up watching and helping my mother cook from the Milk Calendar and it is one tradition that I continue with my own family. It’s important to me that we spend quality time together in the kitchen cooking and planning meals as it does so much to reinforce healthy eating habits – habits that I hope will last a lifetime.

Just this past week I whipped up this Cozy Cavatappi Pasta from the 2018 Milk Calendar and it is such a great-tasting, easy dish that was a real hit with my family. Read on for the recipe or check out your own copy of the 2018 Milk Calendar!

Visit milkcalendar.ca to find out how to get a copy and discover more recipes, along with videos and additional cooking tips and tricks.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Using a sharp knife, slit each sausage down the side. Remove meat and place in a large ovenproof skillet. Add butter and onion. Set over medium heat. Stir to keep meat crumbly and cook until no longer pink, about 5 min. Add tomatoes and red pepper. Cook, stirring, for 3 min to soften tomatoes slightly.

Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package directions or until al dente, about 8 min. Meanwhile, sprinkle flour, oregano and nutmeg over sausage mixture. Stir to combine. Gradually stir in milk. Stir until mixture boils and thickens, about 3 min. Stir in parsley, Ricotta and half the Parmesan. Remove from heat.

Preheat broiler. Drain pasta very well. Stir into sausage mixture. Add pepper and salt if needed. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan. Broil for a couple of min or until top is bubbly.

Cooking Tip: In the supermarket, look for sausage meat that has not been stuffed into the casing to make sausages.

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Cozy Cavatappi Pasta

Prep Time

20mins

Cook Time

18mins

Total Time

38mins

When the weather begins to turn cold, snuggle up with this cozy stovetop pasta.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Using a sharp knife, slit each sausage down the side. Remove meat and place in a large ovenproof skillet. Add butter and onion. Set over medium heat. Stir to keep meat crumbly and cook until no longer pink, about 5 min. Add tomatoes and red pepper. Cook, stirring, for 3 min to soften tomatoes slightly.

Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package directions or until al dente, about 8 min. Meanwhile, sprinkle flour, oregano and nutmeg over sausage mixture. Stir to combine. Gradually stir in milk. Stir until mixture boils and thickens, about 3 min. Stir in parsley, Ricotta and half the Parmesan. Remove from heat.

Preheat broiler. Drain pasta very well. Stir into sausage mixture. Add pepper and salt if needed. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan. Broil for a couple of min or until top is bubbly.

Recipe Notes

Cooking Tip: In the supermarket, look for sausage meat that has not been stuffed into the casing to make sausages.

Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by Dairy Farmers of Canada. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

It sounds like a delicious pasta, the type that you would eat on a Saturday night while watching tv with your family. I like that it has so many ingredients that make it very filling, the perfect comfort food.